Nipah virus, found in fruit bats, kills 10. Its flu-like symptoms often leads to death

The Nipah virus, often carried by fruit bats, has killed 10 people in India. The virus has a mortality rate between 40-70% and has been as high as 100% in some outbreaks, according to the World Health Organization.

The occasion of Chris Carter’s 23rd birthday in 2015 brought together his parents, friends, and fellow soldiers in sorrow rather than celebration. During Mr. Carter’s first tour in 2011, he lost a close friend in a bomb explosion and glimpsed the broken bodies of another soldier and an Afghan interpreter killed in the blast. After learning the news, his mother,…